Henry East Thrupp Wells (1830 - 1919)

Born 1830 in Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Jane (Smith) Wells — married 6 Jan 1850 in St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Southwark

Husband of Barbara Henrietta (Brignull) Wells — married 20 Dec 1878 in Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1919 at about age 89 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

married frances jane smith 06 jan. 1850 at st. mary Magdalene

At the 1851 Census Henry, Frances and their 3yr old son John were resident at the Twyfords Buildings in the Registration District of St Giles In The Fields & St George Bloomsbury. At this census his birthplace is specified as St Giles.

In 1859 Henry travelled to South Africa departing Southampton on 22 November aboard the ship "Maria Somes" bound for Table Bay, WELLS, Henry Sex: M Age: 28 Marital status: Married Occupation: Coach Trimmer Port of arrival: Table Bay Extra info: 28/- per week Departed from Southampton Ship Notes: Maria Somes for Table Bay. 19th emigrant ship to the Cape. Emigrants embarked at Southampton. Ship sailed 22nd. November 1859 (signed W.Field). Total 252 souls, 228 adults and 24 children. Source: Cape Archives, IBC 6-11.

Source: Cape Archives, IBC 6-11 transcribed by: John Deare : Midlands GSSA, from photographs taken by André van Wyk.

List on board the "Eveline" Henry, Frances Jane, Henrietta Mary, Stephen Thomas, and Mary S Wells;

"Eveline" Ship: 814 tons Captain: James Taylor Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Sullivan Sailed arrived Cape of Good Hope 1864 - arrived Auckland January 22nd 1865

The “EVELINE”, 814 tonnes, Captain James Taylor, arrived in harbour (Onehunga) yesterday afternoon (24 Dec 1864) with Government emigrants from the Cape of Good Hope. She took her departure from thence on the morning of the 2nd December and experienced fine weather in running down her east…. She ran down as far as 50’8, and sighted the Snares, the first land made after leaving on the 8th of January. The passage from land to land was made in 35 days. Strong northerly gales have prevailed on the coast. The “Eveline’ brings some cargo and 325 Government immigrants. The vessel is consigned to Messers Cruickshank, Smart and Co. The following is a list of the cargo and passengers names.

CARGO: 10 bales of hops, Buchkolz and Co, 1 boxes of raisins, 3 ?octaves and 2 quarter-casks wine, 10 cases old ?tom, 5 cases wine, 1?hbrt brandy, order

Family Name on Passenger List Wells; Henry, Frances Jane, Henrietta Mary, Stephen Thomas, Mary:

The information for this page was kindly supplied by Carol Mitchell.

Henry Wells desserted his wife in New Zealand, leaving her to raise a large family alone. She worked as a mid-wife in Onehunga, where she was well known to the FLETCHER family, who lived closeby.

While Henry remarried in Australia, this marriage was within the law as he had left 7 years of ocean between the marriages.

I wonder if he ever meet the children from his first marriage? It is possbile, because during World War One, his sons would have been in Sydney?

Sources

Shipping list Newpapers London England births and baptisms 1813-1906

"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGFC-5V4 : 8 November 2017), Henry Wells, St Giles In The Fields, Middlesex, England; citing St Giles In The Fields, Middlesex, England, p. 12, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.